The Greater Woman Explained

The Greater Woman
Director:	Frank Powell
Producer:	Frank Powell
Starring:	Marjorie Rambeau
Cinematography:	William Wagner
Distributor:	Mutual Film
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film English intertitles

The Greater Woman is a 1917 silent film drama starring Broadway actress Marjorie Rambeau in her first motion picture beginning a 40-year screen career. Mutual Film released the film and Frank Powell directed.^[1]

Cast

• Marjorie Rambeau - Auriole Praed
• Aubrey Beattie - Leo Bannister
• Hassan Mussalli - Otto Bettany
• Sara Haidez - Ida Angley
• Frank A. Ford - Eustace Praed
• Josephine Park - Fanny Praed
• Margaret Grey - ?
• H. H. Pattee - ?
• Louis Stern - ?

Preservation

With no prints of The Greater Woman located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2]

Notes and References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5816/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Greater Woman